7 Best WordPress Poll Plugins To Ask Questions In 2018

In this post, I’ve collected 7 great options for all budgets (that is – both free and premium options).

Whether you want to be able to embed simple text polls in your posts, create modal popup image or video polls, or anything in between, you’ll be able to find an option on this list.

Let’s dive in!

The Seven Best WordPress Poll Plugins (Both Free And Premium Options)

As I mentioned above, I’ve included both free and premium options for this list of the best WordPress poll plugins. Generally, if you just want to run some basic polls, you can probably skate by with a free poll plugin.

But if you want to get into more advanced functionality like:

Detailed options to analyze poll results

Conditional logic

More complicated options, like adding an email opt-in

Then you’ll probably want to go with one of the premium questionnaire plugins.

2. GetSiteControl

GetSiteControl is an awesome suite of “widgets” that you can add to your blog in the form of:

Popups

Slide-ins

Floating bars

Etc.

There are a lot of helpful widgets – like email opt-ins and CTAs (learn more in our full GetSiteControl review) – but the one we’re interested in here is the Survey widget.

Using the simple GetSiteControl interface, you can easily create a survey widget that asks one or more questions:

You can then place that poll in a bunch of different places. It’s important to note, though, that GetSiteControl is not a good option if you actually want to embed your poll in a post or page.

You can also control:

Scheduling

How often people see the poll

Who sees the poll (e.g. hide the poll after a user submits their response)

Which page(s) the poll appears on

And if you pay for GetSiteControl, you get lots of targeting options including:

Location

Device

Referrer

Etc.

If you’re happy with GetSiteControl’s placement options, it’s a really convenient and powerful way to collect feedback from your visitors.

Price: Free plan or paid plans start at $19 per month

3. Responsive Poll

Responsive Poll is another poll plugin at WordPress.org that comes in both a free and premium version.

As the name suggests, it has a mobile-first design approach that makes it look great on all devices.

You can create both text polls, as well as image and video polls (even in the free version). You can also choose whether to allow single or multiple votes, and whether/where to display the poll results after a user submits their choice.

While the interface to create polls is flexible enough, I think YOP Poll’s interface is more user-friendly:

To place your polls, you can either use a shortcode or the dedicated widget.

All in all, the free functionality is pretty generous. But if you want more control over styling, you’ll need the premium version which primarily adds a bunch of new style options. The free version comes with 18 different themes, it just doesn’t give you control over the colors and fonts, which the Pro version does.

5. Democracy Poll

Democracy Poll is a lightweight poll plugin that’s 100% free and available at WordPress.org.

If you just want something to run basic polls, I like this plugin because there’s not really any bloat. But despite cutting out bloat, you still get a good number of options for controlling your polls including:

Whether to let people add their own answers or choose multiple answers

6. TotalPoll Pro

TotalPoll Pro is another premium WordPress poll plugin that’s sold through CodeCanyon. It’s not quite as well-rated as Modal Survey, but it still has a lot of fans with a 4.40-star rating on over 6,000 sales.

If you need the premium version for other types of forms, that makes it a pretty great value because you can use the same easy form builder interface to create your polls.

With that being said, I wouldn’t purchase a premium form plugin just to use it as a WordPress questionnaire plugin because I think you can get better value for your money with other plugins.

Which WordPress Poll Plugin Should You Choose?

If you just want something free and lightweight, Democracy Poll is one of my favorites, or YOP Poll if you want a little bit more functionality.

GetSiteControl is also a great free option if you’re ok with the widget approach (rather than embedding polls in your content with shortcodes).

Responsive Poll is another solid one, though the interface could use a redesign.

As for premium options, Modal Survey seems to get the best reviews, but I like the redesigned interface of TotalPoll Pro, too. And if you’re already using a premium form plugin, you’ll probably be best off just sticking with your form plugin’s polls add-on if it has one.

Know any other great WordPress poll plugins? Share ’em in the comments so we can check them out!

Colin Newcomer is a freelance writer and long-time Internet marketer. He specializes in digital marketing, WordPress and B2B writing. He lives a life of danger, riding a scooter through the chaos of Hanoi. You can also follow his travel blog.